Clinical Lead Nurse

Clinical Lead

Salary:41500 per annum

Location:Rushden Northamptonshire

Contract/Hours:Permanent/Full Time 37 hours per week

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave
• Flexible maternity adoption and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7%matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15000 nationalretailersdiscounts
• Wereoffering a highly competitive rewards package plus a comprehensive supervision and development programme to continue your professional development.
• We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer
• Free parking on site

Why Action for Children

We are one of the largest childrens charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UKs vulnerable children for over 150 years.

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About the Service

The Squirrels is a warm welcoming respite service for children with learning and physical disabilitiesand complex health needs offering our children a true home-from-home environment. We offer overnight short breaks for up to 4 children at a time ensuring every child receives highly personalised care in a calm nurturing environment.

Our comfortable homely setting is centred around a large communal living and dining area creating a relaxed and inclusive space where children can feel safe supported and cared for. With an exceptional nursing and care team at the heart of the service The Squirrels is a place where compassion dignity and high-quality care part of everything we do.

A bit about the role

Were looking for an experienced and passionate Clinical Lead Nurse to provide expert clinical and operational leadership within our respite service for children with learning disabilities and complex health needs.

This is a pivotal role that combines hands on clinical oversight with strategic leadership ensuring the care delivery meets the highest professional regulatory and quality standards. Working closely with the registered manager you will deputise in their absence and take responsibility for:

• The leadership supervision and development of the nursing team.
• Clinical governance audit and continuous improvement.
• Ensuring The service consistently meets Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards relating to the Treatment of Disease Disorder and Injury (TDDI) regulatory requirements.

You will oversee the nurse-led model of care ensuring staff competences are formally verified mandatory training is consistently maintained and robust clinical audit processes are integrated throughout the service. Your leadership will be essential in maintaining a service that is always inspection ready providing confidence to families commissioners and regulatory bodies.

This role requires strong paediatric and learning disability nursing experience excellent leadership skills and a clear commitment to improving outcomes for children with complex needs within an Ofsted-regulated setting.

Howyoullhelp tocreate brighter futures

• Lead manage and develop the nursing team ensuring the delivery of safe high quality evidence-based care for children with learning disabilities and complex health needs.
• Deputised for the registered manager providing clinical and operational leadership and continuity of service.
• Maintain oversight of clinical governance including audits risk management staff competences and quality improvement initiatives to ensure full compliance with the CQC Treatment of Disease Disorder and Injury (TDDI) standards.
• Lead on care planning outcome measurement and service improvement to enhance childrens well-being and development supported by exemplary clinical record- keeping.
• Work collaboratively with children families carers commissioners and external professionals to deliver truly child focused nurse-led care.

Letstalk about you!

We are looking for a Clinical Lead who understands how to develop trust rapportinfluenceand credibility with a staff team. You also need:

• Registered Nurse (ideally learning disabilities and/or childrens nursing) educated to degree level with a recognised teaching an assessing qualification.
• Experience working with children with learning disabilities and complex health needs including care planning outcome measurement and working in community or residential settings.
• Strong clinical leadership background including delivering clinical supervision staff training competency sign off and audit activity.
• Safeguarding knowledge child protection and relevant legislation with a clear understanding of professional accountability.
• Strong communication organisation and leadership skills with flexibility to support across shifts when required.

Good to know.

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Contact:Shannon Neander atrecruitmentservice@ happy to give you any support yourequire.

Diversityequalityand inclusion

At Action for Childrenwerededicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace. Weactivelyencourageapplications from Black Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to takedeliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

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